Chicks Aren't Funny: Sarah Silverman brings her Twittergame to TED
Posted at 4:58 PM Feb 15, 2010
By Andrea Grimes |
Do you hire Sarah Silverman to address your overly serious, masturbatory masses? Or do you hire the safe-space likes of Natalie Merchant, James Cameron and Sir Ken Robinson? Or do you do both and--wait for it--bitch and whine about how Sarah Silverman's talk was controversial and offensive? Via Gawker, here's what TED bigwig Chris Anderson Tweeted after her talk:
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Apparently at TED2010 (basically, Conference for Wankers Who Wipe Their Asses With Cash--And Those Who Aspire To Be Said Wankers), being a forward-thinking, Ideas! person is not consistent with knowing one's ass from a hole in the ground, which explains the confusion over Silverman's blue content. (She got a standing ovation, for the record.)
But as they say, never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Silverman, in all her offensive-comic glory, took Anderson and AOL's Steve Case to virtual task:
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The rest of the convo continues thusly:
I'll be honest: I don't find hyper-faux-offensive comics of this ilk to be very funny. Particularly Silverman, whose schtick doesn't seem to have changed since the first time she touched a mic stand. But Anderson and the TED2010 folks displayed just how out of touch they were when they hired Silverman, and just what massive assholes they were for shitting on the very person they hired.
Would they have said the same dismissive things about a male comic? I don't know. I kind of doubt it. But I know female comics are especially easy targets for derision because of their marginal status, and I'm big-upping Silverman for not backing down.
Steve Case: The sad thing is you're not that funny. #TEDAnd then we're left with ... NOTHING. No big zingback from Silverman, and TED's Chris Anderson, showing all the courage of the world's finest 12-year-old 4chan troll, has since deleted his original fire-starting tweet.
Sarah: You should be nicer to the last person on earth w an AOL account.
Steve Case: I left AOL 10 years ago. You need new material.
Sarah: @SteveCase is 2005 10 years ago already? http://www.tiny.cc/snuj4
Steve Case: I stepped down as CEO of AOL in 2000. By my count, that works out 10 years.
I'll be honest: I don't find hyper-faux-offensive comics of this ilk to be very funny. Particularly Silverman, whose schtick doesn't seem to have changed since the first time she touched a mic stand. But Anderson and the TED2010 folks displayed just how out of touch they were when they hired Silverman, and just what massive assholes they were for shitting on the very person they hired.
Would they have said the same dismissive things about a male comic? I don't know. I kind of doubt it. But I know female comics are especially easy targets for derision because of their marginal status, and I'm big-upping Silverman for not backing down.
